Patents by Inventor Michael John Conrad

Michael John Conrad has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Spoofed face detection
    Patent number: 10452935
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed herein that relate to detecting spoofed human faces. One example provides a computing device comprising a processor configured to compute a first feature distance between registered image data of a human face in a first spectral region and test image data of the human face in the first spectral region, compute a second feature distance between the registered image data and test image data of the human face in a second spectral region, compute a test feature distance between the test image data in the first spectral region and the test image data in the second spectral region, determine, based on a predetermined relationship, whether the human face to which the test image data in the first and second spectral regions corresponds is a real human face or a spoofed human face, and modify a behavior of the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Jinyu Li, Fang Wen, Yichen Wei, Michael John Conrad, Chun-Te Chu, Aamir Jawaid
  • SPOOFED FACE DETECTION
    Publication number: 20180285668
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed herein that relate to detecting spoofed human faces. One example provides a computing device comprising a processor configured to compute a first feature distance between registered image data of a human face in a first spectral region and test image data of the human face in the first spectral region, compute a second feature distance between the registered image data and test image data of the human face in a second spectral region, compute a test feature distance between the test image data in the first spectral region and the test image data in the second spectral region, determine, based on a predetermined relationship, whether the human face to which the test image data in the first and second spectral regions corresponds is a real human face or a spoofed human face, and modify a behavior of the computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jinyu Li, Fang Wen, Yichen Wei, Michael John Conrad, Chun-Te Chu, Aamir Jawaid
  • User interface presenting an animated avatar performing a media reaction
    Patent number: 9154837
    Abstract: This document describes techniques and apparatuses enabling a user interface for presenting a media reaction. The techniques receive media reactions of a person to a media program, such as the person laughing at one point of a comedy show, then smiling at another point, and then departing at a third point. The techniques may present these and other media reactions in a user interface through which a user may interact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kyle James Krum, Michael John Conrad, Geoffrey John Hulten, Umaimah A. Mendhro
  • User Interface Presenting an Animated Avatar Performing a Media Reaction
    Publication number: 20140109121
    Abstract: This document describes techniques and apparatuses enabling a user interface for presenting a media reaction. The techniques receive media reactions of a person to a media program, such as the person laughing at one point of a comedy show, then smiling at another point, and then departing at a third point. The techniques may present these and other media reactions in a user interface through which a user may interact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Kyle James Krum, Michael John Conrad, Geoffrey John Hulten, Umaimah A. Mendhro
  • Portion of a display screen with user interface
    Patent number: D622731
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Kyle J. Krum, Jonathan L. Shriver-Blake, Michael John Conrad